Elegant interfaces, Integrate well with .Mac, iTunes and YouTube accounts, iPhoto nicely organises pictures by events, iMovie is drag-and-drop simple, GarageBand offers more controls
iMovies rebuild omits features for precision edits, Must pay for .Mac account to make the most of iPhoto, No dedicated tech support
Apple iLife 08 is a fine, affordable media-editing suite that should keep beginners and hobbyists happy when managing pictures, videos, songs and podcasts, but those seeking to fine-tune movies should look elsewhere. ...
Abstract: For some years now Apple has been dubbing its Macintosh computers as the hub of the digital home. Making that hub spin has been iLife, a suite made up of iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, .Mac Web gallery and Garageband. With these apps the user can manage their d...
Published: 2007-11-26, Author: Mark , review by: pcworld.co.nz
Abstract: Steve Jobs announced iLife '08 this year in August, along with iWork, and the Mac faithful waited with bated breath to hear just what that meant.The core components of the iLife software package are, iPhoto for looking after your photo collection, iMovie...
On the whole, we have very few criticisms of iLife. As ever, it represents superb value for money and the new versions of iPhoto, GarageBand and even iWeb are impressive (barring a few iWeb glitches of which you need to be aware). Even the minor upgra...
Impressive upgrades for iWeb, iPhoto and GarageBand
iMovie ’08 – what were they thinking? Min specs: OS X 10.4.9, Intel/G4/G5 processor, 512MB RAM, 3GB available disk space, DVD drive, QuickTime 7.2
On the whole, we have very few criticisms of iLife. As ever, it represents superb value for money and the new versions of iPhoto, GarageBand and even iWeb are impressive (barring a few iWeb glitches of which you need to be aware). Even the minor upgra...
Abstract: multimedia suite for Mac owners: Apples iLife suite comes free with each new Mac sold, but is also available as a standalone package. The new version, designated iLife 08, has been heavily revamped, with major rewrites to the core applications iPhoto ...
Much better management with Events, iMovie 08 is very quick and easy to use, .Mac Web Gallery integration
No video effects in iMovie 08 any more, Cant open iMovie HD 6 files, .Mac required to get full benefit
Just in case you were wondering, you havent accidentally slept through iLife 07. Apple has decided that since 2007 is closer to its end than its start, it would skip ahead to iLife 08.With so much development time going into Leopard, the iPhone and ...
Plenty of software in the suite, easy to use, greater web support, events feature, cheap
No timeline in iMovie, basic compared to dedicated application offerings
One of promises of the software was that it will make everything easier to do. iPhoto for organising pictures, iMovies for making films and iWeb for getting it all up online quickly. To that testament, it does
